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St. Paddy's litter is 6 weeks old

Today the puppies are 6 weeks old and are officially weaned. They have been eating dry kibble and drinking water for a few days now. They also got bathed for the first but not last time! They are sleeping in the dark and love their crate. I really hope we can get them outside some this week but the weather may not cooperate.

Over the past two weeks they have had many visitors, mostly children from 14 months to 12 years old. We encourage visits so they are prepared when they go home even to homes without children.

We are currently interviewing families for placement. We have three females available, please fill out a New Owner Questionnaire to schedule a visit.

 Michelle and Chris came to visit Bentley on Easter Sunday. Bentley is the only male in this litter.

They are both very excited to come and take him home!

 Betsy holding Light blue with Maggie (Purple/Black) sleeping in her lap.

Napping with Abby(Pink/Black)

 The kids were so excited to finally come over to play

 Papa cuddling Peanut (Black/Blue) on Easter while being supervised by Momma J.

Rob with a lap full of puppies!

Down to three puppies

It's been a busy few weeks with puppies going home and getting everyone adjusted. I have some fun photos and video to post from their vet visit to first time swimming and will link them as soon as they finish uploading. 

Here are some photos of the last three boys that are looking for forever families.

Blaze

Kobe

Aries

6:30 AM Messy Marvins

I just posted a new video on YouTube Messy Marvins. John has been feeding the puppies at around 5 each morning which allows Morgan and I to sleep a little later. Since he is usually long asleep at 11:00 PM when we do the last feeding it's great to get that little extra sleep.

We have not been using much newspaper during the day as they are doing great going outside and other than a little pee most of the mess is outside. This morning after cleaning up and feeding them John put down lots of paper and I woke up about 6 to the sound of paper ripping and puppies gleefully making a mess!

They were having such fun with the paper I couldn't help but laugh and then put them out in the pen while I cleaned up. 

I also gave them dry food about 8:30 to see if they would eat it, not only did they but I gave it to them again at 1:30 and they gobbled it right down. About 15 minutes later a few of them were raising a racked and I let them out again. They all did their business and then came back in for a nap.

Week five update

It's been a very busy week with the puppies learning to go outside before and after eating. While it makes clean up much easier it can be a challenge getting all ten puppies in and out of the house without losing track of any. They are really doing a great job, even telling me when they need to go outside. If I leave the door open they go out, do their business and then come back in. I did take a few video's this week and will post the links below.

Currently five of the puppies have been spoken for. We have one girl, Hope and four boys left, Aries, Hanson, Kobe & Blaze. 

Kobe is the largest of the boys and looks like a little bear. He is super sweet and cuddly.
Aries is our people puppy. He loves to be with whoever is around and typically under foot.
Blaze is engaging, curious and constantly looking to expand his horizon.
Hanson is our hearth dog, energetic but loves to cuddle and snooze.
Hope has turned out to be our alpha and rules the pack. She is sweet, cuddly and a tiger all rolled into one pudgy puppy package.

Please send an email if you are interested in one of the puppies.

Learning to hop like bunnies

Following momma J into the house after playing

Week four - we go outside

We introduced the puppies to outside this week and some played in the sun and some in the grass. Morgan even took one down to the waters edge and put her feet in. Here are a few pictures from Alex's outing.

Weened at one month - not the original plan

Morgan woke me late last night to tell me Jada was sick. Jada had thrown up around 5:30 pm and I was not sure why, she did it again about 11:30. After calling the Emergency Vet in Manchester they suggested I bring her in. So off we went at 12:15 am. After a full exam by a very kind lady vet we decided to be cautious and start Jada on some meds to clear up any intestinal issue and giver her some fluids. 

Unfortunately the medication they gave Jada is not safe for the puppies. Fortunately we were well into the weaning process with the puppies eating solid food a few times a day. To dry up Jada's milk we have to keep her totally away from the pups, she can't even be in the same room with them. This is proving to be a challenge. We are also feeding her brown rice and boiled chicken for the next few days. 

The vet assured us the first two weeks are the most important for nursing and the puppies don't need any additional nutrition to replace the breast milk. Feeding them every 4 - 6 hours is going to be the biggest challenge. 

I use a crock pot to make the rice and chicken, here is how. This is a great recipe for anytime a bland diet is called for.

2 boneless chicken breasts
2 cups water
1 cup quick cook brown rice
Add water and raw chicken to crock pot and out rice on top. Cover and set to high, let cook 3 hours, cool and shred chicken. 
Makes about 5 cups